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Il circondario del Westerwald (in tedesco Westerwaldkreis, targa WW) è un circondario ( Landkreis) della Renania-Palatinato, in Germania . Comprende 9 città e 183 comuni; capoluogo e centro maggiore è Montabaur . Indice. 1 Geografia antropica. 1.1 Comunità amministrative (Verbandsgemeinde) 2 Note. 3 Altri progetti. 4 Collegamenti esterni.
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Il circondario del Westerwald (in tedesco Westerwaldkreis, targa WW) è un circondario (Landkreis) della Renania-Palatinato, in Germania. Quick facts: Circondario del Westerwald circondario, Local...
Circondario: Westerwald: Territorio; Coordinate: 50°35′N 7°44′E: Altitudine: 280 m s.l.m. Superficie: 15,74 km²: Abitanti: 2 835 (31-12-2009) Densità: 180,11 ab./km²: Altre informazioni; Cod. postale: 56249 Prefisso: 02626 Fuso orario: UTC+1: Codice Destatis: 07 1 43 029: Targa: WW Comunità amministrativa: Selters (Westerwald) Cartografia
- Geography
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- Waterways
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Location
The Westerwald lies mostly southwest of the three-state common point shared by Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia in the districts of Altenkirchen, Lahn-Dill, Limburg-Weilburg, Neuwied, Rhein-Lahn, Rhein-Sieg, Westerwaldkreis and partly in Siegen-Wittgenstein. It is found south of the Rothaargebirge, southwest of the Lahn-Dill-Bergland (another low mountain range), north of the Taunus and east of the Middle Rhine and stretches more or less southwards from Siegen and Burbac...
The Westerwald's regions
The Westerwald is divided by elevation into these three regions: 1. Unterer or Vorderer Westerwald, or Vorderwesterwald: 1. Translated here as Lower Westerwald, this region borders on the Rhine and Lahn river valley landscapes and manifests itself as the western and southwestern part of the Westerwald, a heavily truncated upland with elevations ranging from 200 to 400 m. The subsidence areas found within (Dierdorfer Senke, Montabaurer Senke) are known for their clay deposits. Indeed, the name...
Climate
The climate of the region vastly qualifies as oceanic (Köppen climate classification: Cfb), while higher altitudes experience a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfb). In lowlands of the Unterwesterwald (Lower Westerwald), summers tend to be warm to hot and humid. Erratic convective downpours are not uncommon, yet brief. Winters are mild with a lot of precipitation, which mostly falls as rain. Snowfall occures multiple times a year, but usually melts within hours. Ther...
Geologically, the Westerwald is part of the Rhenish Massif, and likewise represents a heavily eroded remnant of a great Variscan mountain system which in the Mesozoiccharacterized a great deal of Europe. The Devonian bedrock is covered by volcanic masses from the Tertiary, particularly basalt and tuffs. Economically important, besides slate, limest...
The Westerwald's highest mountain is the Fuchskautein the High Westerwald, meaning "fox hollow". Many peaks and crests exceed the 600-metre level. Sorted by elevation above sea level, these are some of the Westerwald's highest elevations: 1. Fuchskaute(657 m), near Willingen, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate 2. Stegskopf(654 m), near Emmerzhau...
Flowing waters
The following are the Westerwald's rivers and streams: 1. Rivers whose valley systems border the range (clockwise): 1.1. Rhine– southwest edge 1.2. Sieg– north edge 1.3. Dill– east edge, tributary to the Lahn 1.4. Lahn– southeast edge 2. Smaller rivers within the range: 2.1. Mehrbach 2.2. Sayn(also known as Saynbach) – in the southern (Lower) Westerwald, flows west to the Rhine 2.3. Wied(between Sieg and Sayn) – flows west to the Rhine 2.4. Nister(in the northeast, boundary of Upper Westerwal...
Standing waters
1. Breitenbach Reservoir (Rennerod) 2. Driedorf Reservoir 3. Großer Weiher 4. Fischweiher 5. Heisterberger Weiher 6. Krombach Reservoir 7. Seeweiher near Mengerskirchen 8. Waagweiher 9. Waldsee Maroth 10. Westerwald Lake District 10.1. Brinkenweiher 10.2. Dreifelder Weiher(or Seeweiher) 10.3. Haidenweiher 10.4. Hausweiher 10.5. Hofmannsweiher 10.6. Postweiher 10.7. Wölferlinger Weiher 11. Wiesensee(reservoir) Weiheris a German word meaning "pond".
Early times
Through prehistoric finds it can be determined that the Celts settled in the Westerwald and were using the iron ore deposits in the so-called Hallstatt times (Iron Age, roughly 750 to 500 BC). In all likelihood they came into the area from the Hunsrück. From La Tène times come the Celtic ringwall-girded defensive and sheltering castles which may be found on, among other peaks, the Malberg. Already by La Tène times, Germanic peopleswere thrusting in from the east and from the Sieg valley. They...
Roman times
Even in the time when the Celts found themselves having to avoid the Germanic invaders by moving to the west, the Romanswere also pushing in from the Rhine's left bank to the southwest. However, the Romans only managed to seize a strip of land on the Rhine's right bank and the so-called Rhine-Westerwald; the Westerwald itself lay outside the Roman-occupied area, for the Romans preferred to maintain a little-settled, most likely pathless wilderness as their border.
Chatti times
The Westerwald's permanent settlement and thereby its territorial history began with the Chatti (Hessians) pushing their way into the area after the Romans were driven out in the 3rd century. Placename endings such as –ar, –mar and–aha ("Haigraha" = Haiger) stemming from the Migration Period ("Völkerwanderung") can still be found now. These lie around the forest's outer edges in basins and dales whose soils and climate were favourable to early settlers, and include, for instance, Hadamar, Lah...
John Peter Altgeld (Governor of Illinois)Sabine Bätzing (German politician, SPD)Hans-Arthur Bauckhage (German politician, FDP)The Westerwald is also internationally known in songs, above all in folksongs, and particularly the "Westerwaldlied" ("Westerwald Song"), as well as "Westerwald-Marsch" ("Westerwald March"), "Westerwald, du bist so schön" ("Westerwald, you are so lovely"), the "Neues Westerwaldlied" ("New Westerwald Song") by songwriter Ulrik Remy, "Ich bin aus 'm ...
The standard German term for a Westerwald dweller is Westerwälder (IPA: [ˈvɛstɐvɛldɐ]; plural: same), but they are also popularly known as Basaltköpp (“Basalt Heads”), as they are said to be thickheaded, and they live in a basalt-rich region. Wälleris another vernacular name for them. One of the 12 best-rated hiking trails in Germany is the Westerw...
Hermann Josef Roth: Naturkundliche Bibliographie des rechtsrheinischen Schiefergebirges zwischen Lahn und Sieg (= Planaria, 3). Overath 1989, ISSN 0931-3737
Heiner Feldhoff: „Hui Wäller? – Allemol! Ein literarhistorischer Gruß aus dem Westerwald“ (PDF), in: Kritische Ausgabe, Heft 2/2001 (in German)Höhr-Grenzhausen è una città di 9.291 abitanti della Renania-Palatinato, in Germania. Appartiene al circondario del Westerwaldkreis ed è parte della comunità amministrativa di Höhr-Grenzhausen.
Westerburg è una città di 5.488 abitanti della Renania-Palatinato, in Germania. Appartiene al circondario del Westerwaldkreis ed è parte della comunità amministrativa di Westerburg.
